Business Development Manager

Job Title: Business Development Manager, Resources

Salary: £42,000-£56,800

Location: Cambridge, Hybrid

Contract: Full time, permanent, 35 hours per week

Innovate, Collaborate, Elevate: Help Shape Education and Learning Around the World.

We are looking for a Business Development Manager to have a significant impact on our international growth by playing a pivotal role in driving strategies and sales initiatives.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading education publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

About the role

As the Business Development Manager, you will act as a key conduit between departments, ensuring effective communication and problem-solving to meet strategic targets. You will collaborate with internal terms to bring viable products to market and enhance revenue growth across the International Network.

Key Accountabilities Include:

• Advocate for Education Resources within the International Network, driving growth and representing Business Development
• Ability to help drive our digital agenda and global reach
• Lead key campaigns and projects to ensure successful product launches and market positioning.
• Establish strong relationships across shared service forums and senior management teams
• Use data and insights from regional teams to inform business and product development decisions
• Measure the financial success of Resource activities and work with regional teams to drive strong performance

About you

You will have advanced communication abilities with the ability to utilise business insights to develop sales opportunities. Previous experience in educational publishing is advantageous, with notable experience of digital publishing, along with a proven track record in driving growth amidst change across diverse teams.

You will possess exceptional decision-making, negotiation, and storytelling skills, coupled with the ability to collaborate effectively within a team environment and deliver results under tight deadlines. You will demonstrate success in sales management and Business Development, particularly within international markets.

More About You

• Experienced education publishing sales professional, Project Management skills, partnership, and contract management experience
• Awareness and appreciation of the global education sector.
• Good financial skills and commercial sales experience
• Good influencer, negotiator and problem solver

If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

Rewards and benefits

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Group personal pension scheme
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Green travel schemes

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 31 March 2024 and interviews are scheduled to take place w/c 8th April 2024. 

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.

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